ANN RAY aka ANNE DENIAU - from Z to A

Art in all directions / Film / Photography / Dance / Music / Words

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  • I like Island of my dreams

    03 March 2016

    Haven't written anything here in 2015. My closest friends heard these words : "Can't wait december 31st, getting rid of that year." Haven't written anything. 2015. Facts, echoes, mysteries. What you know. What you left unsaid. What you can't explain....

  • G like Glimpse through the labyrinth of art & time

    27 September 2014

    Metamorphosis. You can't create yourself, you just experiment your own metamorphosis. The essence was written at the beginning, very early, very clearly, very quickly. Afterwards, life is having fun... • I have created this "Metamorphosis" project - 14...

  • F like Frozen time in Venice, until next time

    01 May 2014 ( #Images, #Illuminations, #Rendez-vous )

    Venice. Venezia. It's been a while. And then, a theatre. A man. A rendez-vous. Michael Nyman at La Fenice. Like if I needed a reason to go back to Venice. One month ago, and I am not sure I really came back. Life in Venice... •

  • A like Angelskar, time after time

    02 June 2012 ( #Music, #Faces, #Images, #Rendez-vous )

    Pal Angelskar. Actually, you should write his name like this : Pål Angelskår It's not - well, not only - because there is an angel in his name. I followed him. Because Pal is an über-talented songwriter and composer. And a great singer ; great voice,...

  • C like Couture, not for the very first time

    19 June 2012 ( #Images, #Dance, #Style, #Art Direction )

    A designer : Christian Lacroix. Making costumes for the ballet "La Source" at the Opera de Paris. A photographer, capturing the moments. 9 months. The right time for a birth. Couture. Not for the very first time. A book. 99 photographs © Anne Deniau,...

  • H like Hope, at any time

    27 September 2014

    Hope. So many beautiful encounters... I have always been impressed by kindness. Kindness is hope for humanity. Faith.

  • H comme Hajimete

    13 May 2010 ( #history, #Words, #Unfinished, #Faces )

    Les étrangers traduisent le mot japonais "Hajimete" par "enchanté" ou "nice to meet you". C'est inexact. Les Japonais sont beaucoup trop précis, subtils et civilisés pour dire à un inconnu "enchanté", ce serait exagéré. Comment pourrait-on être sincèrement...

  • D come Divina

    29 January 2011 ( #history, #Dance, #Illuminations )

    © Teatro de la Scala. 27 janvier 2010. "L'histoire de Manon". Sylvie Guillem, Massimo Murru. On m'a dit hier, quand j'évoquais cette soirée : "Tu as de la chance..." et sans réflexion aucune la réponse a fusé : "Non, je fais des choix." Oui, j'avais choisi...

  • R like Rock'n'roll Sylph for the very first time (Ann Ray Style)

    21 June 2013 ( #Images, #Dance, #Art Direction )

    Hey ! We're talking about La Sylphide here. Meaning : " A classical masterpiece, La Sylphide (pronounced Lah-seel-feed ) is a romantic story about the insatiable human desire to find true love. When a forest fairy uses her magical gifts to attract a young...

  • A like A life and death at the same time...

    21 December 2013 ( #Illuminations, #Rendez-vous, #Faces )

    Life is strange. And beautiful. Yes, let's keep that. Life is beautiful. Encounters. Wilson, Baryshnikov, Dafoe, Paris. Willem Dafoe, Paris. Willem Dafoe, NY. Wilson, Abramovic, Dafoe, Antony, NYC. The life and death of Marina Abramovic. (to be continued)...

  • I comme Il y a sûrement quelqu'un pour qui ça compte

    03 July 2010 ( #history, #Rendez-vous, #Faces )

    Je l'aimais... ... Prononcer ces mots avec le même chagrin. Prononcer ces mots trop souvent, ces derniers mois. Prononcer ces mots là-aussi, sans trembler, en souriant, dire à un homme bien en face, les yeux plantés dans ses yeux clairs, après une belle...

  • I like It's about time

    22 December 2012 ( #history, #Images, #Art Direction )

    It's about time ... 2012 has been a busy year, the year of publication of this unique book : "Love Looks Not With The Eyes" / 13 years with Lee Alexander McQueen, by Anne Deniau. The book has been published in the US and the UK in September 2012, and...

  • W like Why sometimes it's lonely out there

    23 April 2011 ( #Words, #images, #Dance )

    Sometimes it's lonely out there... Oui. Why ? Je ne sais pas. Je ne sais pas d'où vient ce sentiment. Le sentiment de pas avoir vu la même chose que les Autres. Décalée. Vaguement désolée. Isolée ? Surexposée ? Je ne sais pas. Mats Ek. Nul besoin de dire...

  • I like It's about time

    26 January 2012 ( #Images, #Art Direction, #Music )

    It's about time. It's about 24 hours. "24 hours in a man's life". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILM / FIRST RELEASE : Film / Première : Where ? When ? Studio Bastille,...

  • C like Coolest time of the day

    21 February 2011 ( #Illuminations, #Rendez-vous, #Dance )

    - Hey Anne, so we're cool for tomorrow ? - Yep. We're cool for tomorrow... • Radiohead - Lotus Flower Video for 'Lotus Flower' from 'The King of Limbs' by Radiohead. Produced and Directed by Garth Jennings / Choreographed by Wayne McGregor / Director...

  • D like During all this time an unfinished conversation

    23 March 2014 ( #Images, #Unfinished )

    Teodor Currentzis. And then, one week later, Simone Kermes. Both gathered in music, and therefore, in life. ... We surely spent long hours together... Last time we were in Baden-Baden. Dido & Aeneas. May 2010. I was wearing that dress. ... Unfinished...

  • B like Beyond time, woman to woman

    24 February 2014 ( #Images, #Dance )

    About being hungry. I heard dancers say these words, often : "I am hungry". A feroce appetite for work, excellence and new challenges. Appetite for dancing, acting, and stage. And here I was, back to the Opera de Paris, with a fierce appetite. Women's...

  • P comme Planètes • P like Planets

    08 November 2009 ( #Illuminations, #Dance )

    Les soirées dites de "Danse Contemporaine", avec oeuvres multiples, me comblent rarement. Ce fut pourtant le cas avec cette soirée de rêve, parfaite de bout en bout, présentée à l'Opéra de Paris. Garnier. Je précise "Garnier" parce que c'est important....

  • R like Redesigning time

    04 September 2011 ( #Illuminations, #Angel )

    ... Je n'avais jamais remarqué. Les ailes des anges Deux petites feuilles Au gré du vent Les feuilles Mobiles immobiles. Effeuiller le temps qui passe & Le redessiner : Invariable géométrie Mirobolante Un peu beaucoup passionnément Petites feuilles froissées...

  • T like Thrill, vertigo, vertiginous thrill, and as time goes by...

    16 March 2012 ( #Illuminations, #Dance )

    D.R. Thrill, ça veut dire frisson. Ceux qui me connaissent savent. Que je suis allée à Londres en juillet 2011, que je pensais voir ce spectacle 2 ou 3 fois. J’y suis allée 5 fois. Chaque soir. Et chaque soir, les mêmes frissons. Thrills. Le même spectacle,...

  • H comme Histoire(s) • H like History(ies)

    28 March 2009 ( #Images, #Art Direction )

    2 octobre 2008 : Publication du livre Nicolas Le Riche, aux Editions Gradenigo-Gourcuff, 352 pages, 400 photographies. Une certaine mélancolie. Un livre, ce sont des traces, inscrites. Et c'est une fin. J'évoquais plusieurs projets qui tous semblent vouloir...

  • A like A time at the Opera (II)

    11 May 2011 ( #Images, #Dance )

    10 V 2011. Some nights have been designed to be special. Part II : A time for reading & watching. • "En Scène" Magazine, program May-July, & poster Jan-July • Opéra de Paris, 2011 All pictures © Anne Deniau / Opéra de Paris • Mathias Heymann & Jérémie...

  • I like Imagine lifting your eyes sometimes

    08 June 2011 ( #Images, #Dance )

    New-York. The city where you walk with the eyes up. Imagine : Lifting your eyes sometimes in Paris too... Opéra Bastille, Paris, June 2011. This picture : courtesy of Mathias Heymann. Picture up : © Anne Deniau Up and down : Jérémie Belingard & Mathias...

  • S, T, U comme Simone, Teodor, Unique

    30 May 2010 ( #Music, #Rendez-vous )

    J'ai d'abord rencontré Teodor. Nous avons parlé pendant 4 heures lors du premier rendez-vous, un peu plus tard nous nous sommes enfermés pendant 4 heures pour une session photo qui aurait pu prendre 20 ou 30 minutes. Nous sommes allés loin. Teodor a répété...

  • T comme Théâtre

    17 June 2010 ( #Images, #Pause )

    Et si le Théâtre était la vie ? Et si on prétendait que la Vie est un théâtre ? Un soir, deux soirs, un seul et même théâtre, deux artistes, une scène ou des instants de vie. Deux soirées dans une vie, des amis rares, des alchimies parfaites, semblables...

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